shock absorber
Example Sentences
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Still, it has become a shock absorber in some key markets, sustaining trade and helping contain global inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Every investor alive has been trained by four decades of falling rates to believe recession means rate cuts, which means that bonds rally, which means a typical 60/40 stock-bond portfolio has a shock absorber.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Savers accept lower returns to own risk-free Treasury debt because it usually acts as a shock absorber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
First, China has turned itself into the world’s oil shock absorber.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Hermes was now pulling Beck and Watney along, with Vogel's use of the tether acting as a shock absorber.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
